The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1887-06-24

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was 10 che right. Tho ssber thinlsint
nen OF the country to-day, North d
, well as South, have answered the ques-
sIon that those who fought for aue
favored the perpetuity Of the UDior
we're 10 the. right and those who stood
Tor disunien, lighting like brave men al
they were, were in the wrong, yet In
their defeat, resping . larger hsritage
than had they been successful. Ths
men actaally engaged in.ths war would
not fall far abort Of five millioos. The
nnmber Of bsitlea fought were more
than two Thousand. No less than ak
hundred thousand lost their lives dur
log the contest. A million more, through
wounds and disease, have died proma.
turs death since the struggle ended. II
was fought Oh desperation aud energy,
aud with the best aoldiery the world
eyer bsheld. The coa. with the proper
W destroyed, which cannot be ascertain-
ed, would extend into The billions.
The wounded sui disabled by expos
uts and dise4se are seen on every hsnd.
Csuatless thousands Of wives were Il
widowlsas, and chiidesn fashetless.
Wssping aud mourning went NJ from
every hamlet and .illags IL the land,
and widespread dssolation was seen in
the fairost portion Of the country.
Tie Europeao armies combined dur
lag the entire I9ta century never
brorgh, into active service in all their
ware su-h al efsclise iorss. England
sincs the time Il wiilism tie Conquer
or has not mustered 10 line Of battle
the number Of hghtiug ,nen ~ ~as IN
active service on the part of the Nnth
during the lsbellion More men wera
In one single battle killed and wouadesl
than during tbs entire revolutionary
war. The entire iosa Ia tbs MeSicaa
war VAS msre than covered by doz n
different engagements. The great bat
tls Of Waterloo wherein the CON hibe
allied powets Of Europe fought aud
oyerthrew Napoleon was. ..qaslled Al the
single battle OF Gsttysburg. And when
ws take 10 c .nsidstation the Peninsula
e.mpaign. Ansielam, the Wilderness,
Shiloh, AtlantA, Vicksbasg. and namer-
oas other engagements, modsra history
nowhere presents such bloodv battles ~
were fought during the four years Of the
war by the forces engaged. The retreat
Of the ten thousand nnder kenophar,
celebrated 10 Grecian history and song
as one of the N ose remarkable events of
ancient times, AZ we'll a. in nodern
times, the fearless march Of Napoleon
TO Moscow, thess fsAts Of prowsss, the
wonder and admiration OF The world,
sink into iosignifcance when compared
with that matchlees mach Of Shernan
to lhs sea.
Aud yet from this mighsy desolasion
enormous loss Of life and costs, With all
the attendant evils Of bloody war, the
nation has emergci with greater grand
eur, higher aspirations aud a nObler
destiny than ever before. Peace has
returned with prosperity in her wings,
ever to remain our nations guest.
The foregoing is bus an outline Of the
heroic services aud grand results Of the
mighty struggle in which the fallen
comrades whose graves We decorate, as
welt as the surviving soldiers, achieved
IN tbe wsr for the union. One half Of
the brave men are s'eeping the sleep
that knows no waking. Their earthly
pilgrimage has ended. They are csmp-
ing on the shores Of the unknown land
where the bugle blast of war will call
them to duty no more. The other hall
OF the surviving heroesare passing away
like the autumn leaves at the rate oI
fifty thousand as each year rolls round
to join the silent campers. Before an
other quarter of . century passes the
great majority will be enrolled on the
muster roll Of the departed. As living
survivors and as citizens of the great
republic, It becomes US to think rev.
erently and kindly Of the Sacrifices made
and the results achieved. as We APP
proAch each mound aud drop silent
tear as we garland with flowers each
returning year the graves Of the patrol
dead.
IT'S meet thus to hallow the memory
OF the loyal, the true and the brave;
with feelings Of pride and OF sof.ew
EmbolIsh each warrisrs grave.
They've left us resord Of valor
Ter ths page of eur story to tell I;
They battlsd for the hag Of our Unisn
Guilty dsunion TO queli.
Since We last gathered 10 shis beau.
tiful cemetery the great volunteer sol
dier and oomrade, j ohm 4. Logan, ha
been transferred to the army Of th
dead.
Hin services were emirent in th
Geld and in ths councils of the nation
To those who followed where he led
the announcement that he Was no NOR